New tail light/turn signal

Ok for the life of me for some reason I can not figure this out...

Can anyone help me with how to wire a new tail light/turn signal assembly on my 82 KZ550c? The new assembly has 5 wires (red, black, green, yellow and whit) my bike has seven wires (black/yellow, blue/red, green for tail lights and green, tan and two black/yellow). I got it to were I can make the new assembly light up but it will not get brighter for braking. I would appreciate any help I can get on this. I think I'm just having a bad day but getting frustrated and thought id just ask for some help. Thank you

I'm going strictly from memory and not sure exactly what wires do what on your light (no idea what light you are using or where you got it) but....
Black/yellow > Black (Ground)
Blue/red > ? (Brake light)
Brown > ? (Tail/running light)
Green > ? (L or R turn signal)
Grey > ? (other turn signal)
2 black/yellow (not used, were separate signal grounds)

Not sure if that helps or not.

Later, Doug

Here's a link to the wiring diagram in KZr's FILEBASE:
www.kzrider.com/filebase/search/finish/1-general/281-z550c3

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Color Codes On Most Kawasaki’s (written for 1980’s bikes)

HEADLIGHT
RED with BLACK stripe, High Beam.
RED with YELLOW stripe, Low Beam.
BLACK with YELLOW stripe, the ground circuit.

BRAKE/TAIL LIGHT Can be an # 1157 dual filament bulb
RED, Running or Tail Light.
BLUE,(sometimes with a Red stripe) Brake Light Circuit.
BLACK with YELLOW stripe, the ground circuit.

LEFT FRONT TURN SIGNAL Can be an #1157 dual filament bulb
GREEN, Left front turn signal circuit.
BLUE, Left front running light circuit.
BLACK with YELLOW stripe, the ground circuit.

RIGHT FRONT TURN SIGNAL Can be an # 1157 dual filament bulb
GREY, Right front turn signal circuit.
BLUE, Right front running light circuit.
BLACK with YELLOW stripe, the ground circuit.

LEFT REAR TURN SIGNAL Can be an #1156 single filament bulb
GREEN, Left rear turn signal circuit.
BLACK with YELLOW stripe, the ground circuit.

RIGHT REAR TURN SIGNAL Can be an #1156 single filament bulb
GREY, Right rear turn signal circuit.
BLACK with YELLOW stripe, the ground circuit.

schmjj01 wrote: Ok for the life of me for some reason I can not figure this out...

Can anyone help me with how to wire a new tail light/turn signal assembly on my 82 KZ550c? The new assembly has 5 wires (red, black, green, yellow and whit)

My guess is that black is ground, and the other four wires are:

power tail running lamp

power tail brake lamp

power left turn

power right turn

schmjj01 wrote: ... I got it to were I can make the new assembly light up but it will not get brighter for braking....

There should be a brown wire (hot) into the rear brake switch, and a blue wire from the switch to the brake light filament in the rear bulb.

When the brake pedal is pressed down, it's supposed to activate the rear brake switch, which connects hot brown > blue > rear bulb brake filament > black/yellow > ground.




[It'll be okay for OMR to tell us all how much he loves this illustration. :laugh: ]

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